markinmichigan
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You guys are making it tough for us Legend users not to "look at this girl" Gushing with some Manti love! I'd pop for it if I had more time, but actually that is a bad excuse.
Why do I keep finding silver coins in places I've hunted to death?
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ohmygato
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Eh... I don't know. I would flag some targets and test them machine vs. machine similar to what Tom and I have done.
I think we are probably getting really close to the limit of performance just down to pure physics, and the rest is just features. Even with the price discrepancy I bet you could find most deep targets with a $1000 machine as you could with a $1600 Manticore.
When I was shopping the only reasons I went with Manticore were that I had experience with Minelab, and Minelab was available at a store I had a gift certificate to.
rcornell
Elite Member
Ok, OK... I suppose I will have to go back to the Nail Park ONE MORE TIME! lol!
randy
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Other theories include the "freeze thaw cycle", which supposedly can change the orientation of coins, burrowing rodents and other creatures which can push them around, and so forth. Not sure how much stock to put in these theories, but they are out there.
Minelab claims in Bruce Candy's paper on how metal detectors work that lightning well out of earshot can cause EMI to the machine. Less lightning, better results. (I believe there is a link to that paper around here somewhere, or at least there used to be; worth reading).
I had a friend who claimed the relative humidity affected his results. Don't know how much science he did on that theory. Never noticed a correlation myself.
I used to have a Detech 13 coil that was white. They said it was to reduce heat in the coil, so the engineer must have thought that there was something to the thermal theory. When that coil failed, the only replacement I could get was black. The engineers must have changed their mind. I never noticed a difference myself, but try to find a white coil and see if it makes a difference.
Minelab claims in Bruce Candy's paper on how metal detectors work that lightning well out of earshot can cause EMI to the machine. Less lightning, better results. (I believe there is a link to that paper around here somewhere, or at least there used to be; worth reading).
I had a friend who claimed the relative humidity affected his results. Don't know how much science he did on that theory. Never noticed a correlation myself.
I used to have a Detech 13 coil that was white. They said it was to reduce heat in the coil, so the engineer must have thought that there was something to the thermal theory. When that coil failed, the only replacement I could get was black. The engineers must have changed their mind. I never noticed a difference myself, but try to find a white coil and see if it makes a difference.
Red Dirt Relics
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All it takes is for you to miss it by an inch and not find it until now. Not to mention when the ground freezes and thaws, it can shift objects, same thing if a gopher or animal digs in that area. I've found old coins in gopher mounds before! You'd be surprised.
metaladdict
Elite Member
That's what I am thinking.
metaladdict
Elite Member
That is what I was thinking!Imagine how dangerous Tom would be if he traded in that Explorer for a Manticore.
Rattlehead
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metaladdict
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Hmm, posted it twice???You can say that again.
